Red Sox tailspin continues as Tigers get win

Boston loses its fifth straight as Cabrera, Suarez power Detroit

Associated Press

Updated 12:29 am, Sunday, June 8, 2014

Photo: Carlos Osorio

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester leaves after being pulled from the baseball game against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning in Detroit, Saturday, June 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ORG XMIT: MICO109 less

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester leaves after being pulled from the baseball game against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning in Detroit, Saturday, June 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ORG ... more

Castellanos and Austin Jackson had three hits as well for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who had lost five straight before taking the first two games of this series. They scored two runs in the first off Lester on an RBI double by Victor Martinez and a run-scoring single by Torii Hunter. Rajai Davis added an RBI single in the second.

Castellanos hit a solo homer in the third. After Pedroia's solo homer in the fourth, Suarez led off the bottom half with a shot that carried past the fence in left for a 5-1 Detroit lead.

Suarez became the first Detroit player to homer for his first career hit since Wilkin Ramirez on May 20, 2009. Ramirez has not homered in the majors since.

Lester entered the day with 95 strikeouts, the third-most in the American League, but he didn't fan a single Detroit hitter.

The Red Sox did chip away against Scherzer. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit an RBI single in the fifth, and Drew added one of his own in the sixth.

In the bottom half, Ian Kinsler hit an RBI triple and scored on a single by Cabrera.

Boston is now in the middle of another long streak. The Red Sox lost 10 in a row, then won seven straight before their current losing skid.

Boston's Xander Bogaerts stole third in bizarre fashion in the ninth when Castellanos left the base unattended to shift from his normal spot at third to the right side of the infield with Ortiz batting. Bogaerts took off for third, and Nathan ran over from the mound and tried to tag him but couldn't get to third in time.

Notes: Boston manager John Farrell said RHP Clay Buchholz (left knee) had his simulated game pushed back to Sunday. It was initially scheduled for Saturday in Detroit. ... Martinez hit into a rare 5-6-3 double play in the sixth, with the Boston defense shifted.